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Paralympic football consists of adaptations of the sport of football (soccer) for athletes with a disability. These sports are typically played using International Federation of Associated Football (FIFA) rules, with modifications to the field of play, equipment, numbers of players, and other rules as required to make the game suitable for the athletes. Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
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The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, known worldwide by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of Football (soccer) and the largest sporting organization in the world. ...
The two most prominent versions of Paralympic football are Football 5-a-side, for athletes with visual impairments, and Football 7-a-side, for athletes with cerebral palsy. Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ...
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive neurological physical disabilities in the development of human movement and posture. ...
Football 5-a-side Football 5-a-side is an adaptation of football for athletes with visual impairments including blindness. The sport, governed by the International Blind Sport Federation (IBSA), is played with modified FIFA rules. The field of play is smaller, and is surrounded by boards. Teams are reduced to five players, including the goalkeeper, per team. Teams may also use one guide, who is positioned off the field of play, to assist in directing players. The ball is equipped with a noise-making device to allow players to locate it by sound. Matches consist of two 25-minute halves, with a ten-minute break at half-time. Visual impairment is the functional loss of vision. ...
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or psychological factors. ...
The International Blind Sports Federation is a charity organization founded in 1981 in Paris. ...
A football goalkeeper leaves the ground to parry a shot on goal In many team sports, a goalkeeper (termed goaltender, or goalie in some sports) is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal. ...
Football 5-a-side players assigned to one of three sport classes based on their level of visual impairment:
- B1 - Totally or almost totally blind; from no light perception up to light perception but inability to recognise the shape of a hand.
- B2 - Partially sighted; able to recognise the shape of a hand up to a visual acuity of 2/60 or a visual field of less than 5 degrees.
- B3 - Partially sighted; visual acuity from 2/60 to 6/60 or visual field from 5 to 20 degrees
Teams are permitted to use sighted athletes as goalkeepers and guides; sighted goalkeepers cannot have been registered with FIFA for at least five years. Traditional Snellen chart used for visual acuity testing. ...
Two types of competition exist. For Class B1 games, only athletes with sport class B1 are permitted as players, with the exception of the goalkeepers and the guides, who may be class B2, B3, or sighted. For Class B2/B3 games, teams can field players in sport classes B2 and B3; at least two B2 players must be on the field at all times.
Football 5-a-side was originally developed in Spain. The first national championships took place in Spain in 1986. European and American Championships took place in 1997, followed by the first World Championships in 1998. The sport was added to the Summer Paralympic Games in 2004. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an elite multi-sport event for athletes with a disability. ...
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Football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side is an adaption of association football for athletes with cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders, including stroke and traumatic brain injury. The sport is governed by the Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association (CP-ISRA). The sport is played with modified FIFA rules. Among the modifications are a reduced field of play, a reduction in the number of players, elimination of the offside rule, and permission for one-handed throw-ins. Matches consist of two thirty-minute halves, with a fifteen-minute half-time break. Look up Athlete in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Cerebral palsy (CP) is an umbrella term encompassing a group of non-progressive neurological physical disabilities in the development of human movement and posture. ...
For other articles with similar names, see Stroke (disambiguation). ...
Traumatic brain injury (TBI), traumatic injuries to the brain, also called intracranial injury, or simply head injury, occurs when a sudden trauma causes brain damage. ...
Offside is a Law in football (soccer) which effectively limits how far forward attacking players may be when involved in play. ...
A throw-in is a method of restarting play in a game of association football (soccer). ...
Players competing in Football 7-a-side are given a sport class based on their level of disability. Eligible classes are:
- C5: Athletes with difficulties when walking and running, but not in standing or when kicking the ball.
- C6: Athletes with control and co-ordination problems of their upper limbs, especially when running.
- C7: Athletes with hemiplegia.
- C8: Minimally disabled athletes; they must meet eligibility criteria and have an obvious impairment that has impact on the sport of football.
Teams must field at least one class C5 or C6 player at all times. No more than three players of class C8 are permitted to play at the same time.
International competition in Football 7-a-side began at the 1978 CP-ISRA International Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. The sport was added to the Summer Paralympic Games at the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York, USA, and has been played at every Summer Games since. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ...
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Motto: , traditionally rendered in Scots as Wha daur meddle wi me?[1] and in English as No one provokes me with impunity. ...
See also: 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Paralympics were the seventh Paralympic Games to be held. ...
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American comedian Josh Blue was member of the US team at the 2004 Summer Paralympics. Josh Blue Josh Blue (born November 27, 1978) is an American comedian who suffers from cerebral palsy. ...
The United States Mens Paralympic Soccer Team is operated by the United States Soccer Federation. ...
Proteas: The official 2004 Summer Paralympics mascot The 2004 Summer Paralympics were held in Athens, Greece, from September 17 to September 28. ...
See also The International Blind Sports Federation is a charity organization founded in 1981 in Paris. ...
Silver 2004 The Paralympic Games are an elite multi-sport event for athletes with a disability. ...
Wheelchair tennis, a Paralympic sport Paralympic sport is the umbrella term for a wide range of sports for persons with physical disabilities. ...
External links - International Blind Sport Federation - Football 5-a-side
- International Paralympic Committee - Football 5-a-side
- Cerebral Palsy International Sports and Recreation Association - Football 7-a-side
- International Paralympic Committee - Football 7-a-side
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